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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

And as everyone’s attention starts to focus on those same indicators, their value is being diluted. The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. 2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early.